July 30 - August 5, 2016
Beaches educates youngsters on Nelson Mandela IN CELEBRATION of Nelson Mandela day, Sandals Foundation volunteers visited the Edward Gartland Youth Centre to donate 67 minutes to youngsters while educating them on one of the most prominent human rights figures of our time. Sandals Foundation volunteers spent the afternoon teaching youngsters about the great leader through storytelling, colouring and interactive games. PR manager for Beaches Turks and Caicos, Elanor Finfin Krzanowski said that the objective of Mandela Day is to inspire children and individuals to take action to help change the world for the better. She said: “Mandela was a man who dedicated his whole life to fighting for basic human rights and equality and it important that we pass down this information to the youngsters of our
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communities so they can believe that they too have the ability to make a positive impact.” Every year on Mandela’s birthday, individuals and organizations across the world are asked to spend 67 minutes of their time helping people to recognize their own ability to have a positive effect on society. This is to commemorate the 67 years Mandela, the first democratically elected president of South Africa and anti-apartheid activist, dedicated to the fight for human rights. Mandela stood for justice, democracy, and above all he was a humanitarian. By carrying out a large outreach mission, educating over 300 children across the Caribbean, including the Turks & Caicos, on the life and his work as the former South African President. Manville Gardiner, a 13-year-
Volunteers from the Sandals Foundation educated youngsters on Nelson Mandela
old was excited to participate in the Mandela Day initiative. She said: “Mandela was a great man who fought for human rights in
South Africa. “I learned that Nelson Mandela was fighting for us to have rights, so that the Government would not be
racially biased. “It’s important, because if he had not done it, it would have been another 20 years of it going on.”
Passenger stabbed by jitney driver BY DAISY HANDFIELD THE POLICE are currently searching for an unknown jitney driver, who could be facing charges for allegedly stabbing a passenger during a heated argument. A report was made to the Royal Turks and Caicos Islands Police Force (RTCIPF) on Tuesday, where a complainant reported that at around 6:13 pm on that day, the incident occured when he caught a jitney from the Grace Bay area to the Down Town area, Providenciales.
In the report, the man said that he offered to pay the driver $2 US for his services but the driver refused it and requested to be paid $3 US instead. It is alleged that after the complainant explained to the driver that that was all the money he had an argument ensued, which resulted in a fight. During the fight, it is alleged that the driver stabbed the complainant in the throat and fled the scene. As a result, police officers visited the scene where the victim was met.
The complainant was taken to the Cheshire Hall Medical Centre where he was treated for nonlife threatening injuries and later discharged. According to a Government source, jitney services are not regulated in the Turks and Caicos Islands, and are therefore illegal. Despite many reports made of robberies, rapes, horrific driving and overcrowded cars packed with strangers, the establishment of proper a public transportation system has not yet been introduced in the TCI.
Over 50 people participate in job readiness workshop BY DAISY HANDFIELD
Training manager for Waterloo Investments Limited, Wayne Garland
OVER 50 people participated in a job readiness workshop last week, hosted by the Waterloo Investments Limited, to better prepare residents when seeking employment. The workshop was held on July 22 in the conference room at the Alexandra resort in Providenciales, and was broken up into three sessions. Sessions were held at 9 am, 11 am and 3pm. Wayne Garland, training manager for Waterloo Investments Limited, said in an interview that the participants were taught how to prepare articulate resumes, how to dress professionally for interviews and proper etiquettes when on interviews.
“One of the things that we like to do as an organization is to give back and encourage persons. “We realize that we now have a lot of people who are going to be entering the job market for the first time, and we want to do our part in trying to prepare them the right way so that when they come to a job, they will at least be familiar with some of the things that are expected of them,” Garland said. Garland said that he was pleased with the turnout and the response received from participants. He said: “I think the response was very positive and that they were very pleased for a company such as ours to take the time out to educate them on the fundamentals when applying for work.” The training manager explained
that he was looking to make this an annual initiative, or even something that residents could look forward to twice a year. At the end of the workshop, attendees were given brochures with questions that potential employers might ask during interviews. Representatives from the Labour Department in Providenciales were also present at the workshop. Participants also had the opportunity to partake in a job fair, hosted by Waterloo Investments Limited, at the Alexandra resort on Friday and Saturday, from 9 am to 5pm. Waterloo Investments Limited was looking to fill positions at their sister companies, Beach House, Blue Haven Marina and the Alexandra resort.